Preceptors

Greg Deardorff, PharmD, BCPP

Is the Residency Program Director and Clinical Pharmacy Manager at Fulton State Hospital. He provides clinical services to patients on the Competency Restoration & Acute Forensic Treatment, Recovery & Self-Motivation, and New Outlook Programs. He completed his Doctor of Pharmacy at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center. He completed a PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, TN, and a PGY-2 Psychiatric Pharmacy Residency at Northwest Missouri Psychiatric Rehabilitation Program in Saint Joseph, MO. Dr. Deardorff is also adjunct assistant professor with UMKC School of Pharmacy, adjunct clinical faculty with STLCOP, and adjunct clinical faculty with MU School of Medicine.

Victoria (Tori) Jenne, PharmD, BCPS

Serves as the Pharmacy Director at Fulton State Hospital. She provides clinical pharmacy services to patients on the Competency Restoration & Acute Forensic Treatment Program. She is also adjunct clinical faculty for UMKC School of Pharmacy. She completed her Doctor of Pharmacy at St. Louis College of Pharmacy and Master of Public Health in Epidemiology at Saint Louis University. She completed a PGY-1 Pharmacy Practice Residency at John Cochran VA Medical Center in St. Louis, MO.

Megan Trout, PharmD

Is a Clinical Pharmacist at Fulton State Hospital. She provides clinical pharmacy services to patients on the Social Learning (long-term care), and Competency Restoration & Acute Forensic Treatment, and Hearnes Acute Rehabilitation Programs. Dr. Trout completed her Doctor of Pharmacy at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Pharmacy. She completed a PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency at Thrifty White Pharmacy in Fargo, ND, and is a previous graduate from our program.

Josh Wood, PharmD

Is a Clinical Pharmacist at Fulton State Hospital. He provides clinical services to patients on the Recovery & Self-Motivation, New Outlook, and Hearnes Acute Rehabilitation Programs. Dr. Wood has also been involved with the implementation and management of our PhIS, eMAR, and CPOE applications, and promotes technology advancements for the facility. Dr. Wood is currently participating in the DMH’s RPI Green Belt training program, whose current project is implementing patient-specific multi-medication pouches, helping improve patient compliance and decreased nursing workload. He completed his Doctor of Pharmacy at Albany College of Pharmacy.

Lauren McCulley, PharmD, BCPP

Is a Clinical Pharmacist at Fulton State Hospital. She provides clinical pharmacy services to patients on the Sex Offender Rehabilitation and Treatment Services, Social Learning, and New Outlook Programs. Dr. McCulley completed her Doctor of Pharmacy at St. Louis College of Pharmacy. She completed a PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency at VA Ann Arbor Health Care System in Ann Arbor, MI, and a PGY-2 Psychiatric Pharmacy Residency at Center for Behavioral Medicine in Kansas City, MO.

Jason Cafer, MD

Is a clinical psychiatrist with 20 years of experience. He serves as Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at University of Missouri-Columbia and previously as Medical Director of Behavioral Health Services at SSM Health/St Mary's Hospital in Jefferson City, MO. He completed Medical School and Psychiatry Residency at University of Missouri-Columbia. He is the author of Cafer's Psychopharmacology: Visualize to Memorize 270 Medication Mascots, which offers a visual mnemonic system for pharmacokinetic drug-drug interactions. For the 2022-2023 academic year he received the Outstanding General Psychiatry Faculty Award and the Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching Medical Students.

Ashish Sarangi, MD

Is a dual-trained, board-certified psychiatrist whose specialist training spans the United States and the Caribbean. He completed an additional fellowship in geriatric psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine and currently serves as an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Missouri Health Care. Dr. Sarangi has a long-standing interest in academia and sees himself as a clinical educator and researcher. He has gained experience treating patients in both public and private hospital settings and has contributed to national and international mental health publications, authoring a wide array of abstracts and manuscripts. His expertise includes geriatric mood disorders and the behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia, while his research interests focus on geriatric mood disorders and neurocognitive disorders.

Courtney Kominek, PharmD, BCPS, CPE

Is a Clinical Pharmacy Specialist in Pain Management at the Harry S. Truman Memorial Veterans’ Hospital in Columbia, Missouri. She is also a Certified Pain Educator. She completed her Doctor of Pharmacy at the University of Pittsburgh, School of Pharmacy. She completed a PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency at the Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Dayton, OH, and a PGY-2 Pain Management and Palliative Care Pharmacy Residency at the West Palm Beach Veterans Affairs Medical Center in West Palm Beach, FL.

Roger Sommi, PharmD, BCPP, FCCP

Dr. Sommi is a Professor Emeritus of Pharmacy Practice and Psychiatry at the UMKC School of Pharmacy and serves as a Pharmacy Consultant for the Missouri Department of Mental Health. He conducts psychopharmacy research and provides consultation in the management of complex cases across Missouri. Dr. Sommi graduated from the University of Utah and has been a prominent faculty member at UMKC School of Pharmacy. He is a founding member and past president of the American Association of Psychiatric Pharmacists. In recognition of his contributions, Dr. Sommi was awarded the 2011 Saklad Award and remains actively involved in clinical research, including Phase 2-4 clinical trials and landmark studies such as the CATIE study. He continues to support residents with research projects and the research elective experience.